Records

Records describe native memory with named fields. Use them when several values must travel together through a typed interface.

Declare a memory layout

record defines physical native layout, including field offsets, alignment, arrays, nested records, packed layout, and recursive pointer fields.

Array fields support direct indexing (state.bricks[index]) and nested access (state.rows[row].cells[column]), including assignment and taking an element's address. A pointer cast is unnecessary.

record Point {
    x:i64
    y:i64
}

let Point:sum = fn (self:Point*) -> i64 {
    return self.x + self.y
}

Methods and dictionary templates

A function whose first parameter is a pointer to the owning record is available through method syntax (point.sum()).

Dictionary struct declarations are different: they create phrase templates and inherited subdictionaries, not native memory layouts.